FORMER Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, on Wednesday declared himself as the substantive chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Punchng report. Gulak made the declaration inside the National Working Committee Hall at the PDP’s national secretariat in Abuja. He spoke in company with his loyalists, which included former […]
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EKITI State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said he will never leave the Peoples Democratic Party for any other party despite the crisis within the PDP. Fayose said this in Osogbo on Tuesday when he visited Governor Rauf Aregbesola at the Government House, Osogbo in company with about 50 dignitaries including the Speaker of the […]
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THE Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bro Felix Obuah, has invited the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, to the state to witness the development strides of Governor Nyesom Wike. Obuah said that only a facility tour of […]
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THE Peoples Democratic Party has condemned in totality, what it described as the brazen display of “authoritarianism” by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government in handcuffing its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh when he appeared in court on Tuesday. The party said that the development betrayed an extra-judicial, top political witch-hunt policy of the All […]
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A fresh crisis is brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party as some national officers of the party have called on the party’s Acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Alhaji Haliru Bello, and others to step down with immediate effect. They also said the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, should also vacate office […]
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FORMER interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has warned the party to beware of defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party in order not to allow them to kill the ruling party. Akande, who described those defecting from other parties especially those from the PDP as parasites, said if allowed, they would […]
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THE Peoples Democratic Party has called on the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari for what it described as various constitutional breaches, especially the submission of two versions of the 2016 budget proposal. Punch reporter The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party made the call on Thursday in a statement by its […]
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FRESH crisis is currently brewing in the All Progressives Congress over the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the political appointees of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan. Some leaders of the ruling party, who faulted Buhari’s retention of the PDP members, called for their sacking and the appointment of APC members in their stead. Besides, […]
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PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) Acting National Chairman Prince Uche Secondus has denied that the party asked former President Goodluck Jonathan to open up on the $2.1 billion arms scandal. About 12 prominent PDP chieftains, including a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, are standing trial for their role in the sharing of the money meant […]
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NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to speak out on the controversial $2.1bn meant for the purchase of arms to fight Boko Haram insurgency during his tenure but which was allegedly shared by some influential politicians. according to Punch, Jonathan, who was the presidential candidate of the […]
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has come out to give reasons for its continued detention of Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP National Publicity Secretary. EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, gave the reasons in a statement he issued today, Tuesday in Abuja. The statement said that Metuh’s continued detention was due to his refusal to […]
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BAYELSA State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Chief Timipre Sylva alleged yesterday that the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conspired with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to “rig” him out of the election. According to Nation, Sylva, who vowed to challenge what he described as the procured victory of the […]
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